Elly and the Impossible Promise

By Don Urbanus

It's been over two years since fourteen-year-old Elly lost her mother in a tragic car accident and she still can't shake the feeling that she's responsible. And now her father inherited a garden center in rural Calaveras County that seems to hold many secrets. When they arrive, the police unearth one of them--a well-preserved corpse buried in peat moss.

She thinks her dad needs to fall in love again, but running a retail nursery and falling in love comes with a catch--someone wants them dead. To save her dad and the nursery from evil forces, Elly makes a promise to the wee folk that may be impossible to keep because it means conquering her greatest fear.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1952314194
• ISBN13: 9781952314193
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Manzanita Writers Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary